Year: 1980
Runtime: 104 mins
Language: English
Director: Robert L. Collins
The film recounts Clarence Gideon's struggle to obtain state‑funded legal representation after being denied counsel, and how his challenge resulted in a landmark Supreme Court ruling that guaranteed the right to appointed counsel for every criminal defendant in the United States.
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